MA | Animation | Motion Graphics

Animation

Motion Graphics Concentration

Complete a minimum of 52 graduate credit hours in the designated program.

Complete all graduate courses and requirements listed in the designated degree program.

Earn a grade of C- or better in all graduate courses of the designated degree program.

Maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher.

Students pursuing a second (or more) graduate degree may not double count or retake any course that applied toward the completion of a prior graduate degree. If a required course in the second degree was already completed and applied toward a previous degree, the student must meet with a faculty advisor to discuss a new course to be completed and substituted in the new degree. This rule also applies to cross-listed courses, which are considered to be the same course but offered under different subjects.

Students pursuing a second master's degree must complete a minimum of 52 graduate credit hours beyond their first designated degree program in addition to any required introductory courses in their second designated degree program.

Students with a GPA of 3.9 or higher will graduate with distinction.

For DePaul's policy on repeat graduate courses and a complete list of academic policies see the
DePaul Graduate Handbook in the Course Catalog.

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Course Requirements

CourseRequirements

No Introductory Course may be substituted for any other course at any level.

First Year

Fall Quarter

ANI 423 3D Animation Survey *

ANI 460 Animation Graduate Seminar

ANI 421 Animation Mechanics

*Students with 3D animation experience can have the ANI 423 requirement waived by their Faculty Advisor, and replace it with an Animation Elective.

Winter Quarter

ANI 425 Visual Storytelling

ANI 422 Animation History and Practice

OR ANI 466 Cinema, Animation and Art

Required Courses that can be taken any quarter

ANI 461 Motion Graphics

ANI 462 Title Design

ANI 463 3D Motion Graphics

VFX 474 Compositing I

Motion Graphics Electives

Students must complete
2 courses from this list

ANI 422 Animation History and Practice

ANI 428 Animation Figure Study I

ANI 429 Advanced Storyboarding

ANI 456 Experimental Animation

ANI 457 Hybrid Animation

ANI 466 Cinema, Animation and Art

ANI 481 Sound Design for Animation

POST 400 Editing (Formerly DC 420)

POST 420 Post-Production Sound Design (Formerly DC 415)

POST 444 Advanced Color Correction

POST 460 Interactive Audio and Video (Formerly DC 435)

FILM 499 Internships in Media and Design

POST 499 Internships in Media and Design

DMA 527 Creative Process and Strategy

NMS 504 Text and Image

VFX 478 Compositing II

VFX 490 Advanced Topics in Visual Effects

CDM Electives

Students must Complete
2 graduate courses from any graduate program in the College of Computing and Digital Media.